costa rica - the pacific

the pacific - day 7-10
march 15 - 18

we left the morning of the 15th and drove out to pacific and made it just in time to see the sunset on playa cocles.


the pacific side is tropical dry forest. its almost like a desert.













la playa




playing with the waterproof case in the tide pools




this is the picture i took




because i could




the tube




neither francois nor arnaud had ever been in the pacific









what fish see




fish




more fish




here come a whole ton of pictures of fish. these were taken just skin diving.
















this guy was just chillin on the bottom and about as long as my arm






camouflage was obviously not the point here.



long skinny fish



and lots of coral.



francois and i went diving for the first time. arnaud, after spending some months in martinique, knows how to dive quite well.



the kiddie pool



the real pool



ray. there were also sting rays (with tails)



sea turtle



guitar shark



a school of fish (and my arm)



eel



bubbles! actually these were really cool to watch i have to admit. mmmm fluid dynamics...



arnaud giving the tumbs up. (an actual thumbs up means go to the surface)



francois and i. because we were only allowed to go to 40ft we didnt go with the other group to see a sunken fishing boat. we got the much better wild life tour though. we also saw a seahorse, octopus, and tons of fish.




last night